Something in the Way She Sings: Enhanced Memory for Vocal Melodies

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1074-1078

  Weiss, Michael W ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^a   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

melody; memory; music; timbre; voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867630576     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612442552     Document Type: Article

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